Stefania Sempołowska
Stefania Sempołowska (born 1 October 1869 in Polonisz near Środa Wielkopolska, died 31 January 1944 in Warsaw) was a Polish educator, activist and writer.
Stefania Sempołowska | |
|---|---|
 Stefania Sempołowska | |
| Born | 1 October 1869 Polonisz, Poland |
| Died | 31 January 1944 (aged 74) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | Educator, activist |
| Nationality | Polish |
She has been described as the leader of the movement for prisoners' rights in Poland during most of her lifetime.[1]
Biography
At age 17 she passed the Teacher Patent at the Government Commission in Warsaw. Since then she was a teacher, supporter of education, kids' rights activist, journalist, and writer – she wrote many school books. Between the World Wars she became a publicist who fought for equal educational opportunities. She was the Democratic Education Company's "Nowe Tory" member and co-author of the teen magazine "Z bliska i z daleka", later weekly for kids and educators "W słońcu". She died 31 January 1944 in Warsaw.
References
- Kenney, Padraic (October 2012). ""I felt a kind of pleasure in seeing them treat us brutally." The Emergence of the Political Prisoner, 1865–1910". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 54 (4): 863–889. doi:10.1017/S0010417512000448. ISSN 0010-4175.
